Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Program

Join us for an 8-week journey that is specially designed to help those who have struggled with recurrent depression. You will learn the tools of cognitive therapy coupled with mindfulness practices to learn new ways of coping and healing

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an 8-week program designed for people who experience repeated episodes of depression. MBCT combines the practice and clinical application of mindfulness meditation with the tools of cognitive therapy to help one become acquainted with the modes of the mind that often characterize mood disorders while at the at the same time learning to have a new relationship with them.

MBCT Program Overview

This program is most beneficial:

  • For those who have suffered from recurrent depression

  • For those who have been advised to remain on antidepressant medication for the rest of their life to prevent a recurrence

  • For those interested in an opportunity to learn a new way of relating to unwanted thoughts and feelings and want to learn new tools for responding to them

Throughout the 8-weeks, participants will look forward to:

  • small intimate class sizes that meet for 2.5 hours each week;

  • a community of people that understand what it means to live with recurrent depression and who have the desire to learn new ways of relating to this

  • being taught and mentored by a trusted and experienced member(s) of our team.

  • an interactive experience where participants will be in guided through a range of meditations and mindful movement exercises and cognitive therapy exercises.

  • weekly home practice assignments that include a daily meditation practice, along with cognitive therapy exercises.

  • One All-Day class on a Saturday or Sunday

  • Daily home practice assignments for 45-60 minutes each day

  • You must be willing to make a strong commitment to attend all classes and to practice daily home assignments for eight weeks

*This program includes a free introductory program. Click here to learn more about the MBSR orientation session.

*Please consider waiting to attend this program if you are currently suffering severe symptoms of depression or experiencing symptoms that would prevent you from fully participating in the group and the daily meditation practices and other exercises. It is better to wait until your concentration and energy are improved enough to support the commitment and the effort needed to integrate the benefits of this course.

Continuing Educations Units (CEUs) are available to earn the for specific licensed professionals who complete the MBCT 8-week program. Learn more.

Evidence Based and
Supported by Science.

Evidence Based and Science Backed MBCT is The Gold Standard for treating Recurrent Depression

  • For patients with 3 or more previous episodes of depression (77% of the sample), MBCT significantly reduced risk of relapse/recurrence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 68(4), Aug 2000, 615-623

  • MBCT was more effective than Anti-Depressant Medication in reducing residual depressive symptoms and psychiatric comorbidity and in improving quality of life in the physical and psychological domains. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 76(6), Dec 2008, 966-978

  • For depressed patients achieving stable or unstable clinical remission, MBCT offers protection against relapse/recurrence on a par with that of maintenance antidepressant pharmacotherapy. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(12):1256-1264. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.168

  • MBCT can also reduce the severity of symptoms for people who are experiencing an episode of depression

  • Findings from a report commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation linking MBCT with reduced rates of relapse into depression is so strong in fact that the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends MBCT for people who have had three or more depressive episodes.

Register for the 8-Week Mindfulness Based
Cognitive Therapy Program

Upcoming Program Dates: Wednesdays, April 3rd - May 22nd, 2024
6:00PM to 8:30PM, online.

*Join us for a free orientation class on March 27th, from 6:00pm - 7:00pm PST. Click here to register.